harvesting
noun, verb
harvesting is spelled H-A-R-V-E-S-T-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, harvesting means “The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of harvesting is harvestings.
How many letters and syllables are in harvesting?
| Letters | 10: H-A-R-V-E-S-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is harvesting?
Harvesting appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce harvesting?
- US
Harvesting has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-harvesting.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of harvesting
- harvestings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does harvesting mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
- 2
The gathering of any resource.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of harvest
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Harvesting in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the gathering of a mature crop:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | ceifa |
| Spanish | recolección, cosecha |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.